Codigo Internacional de la Edificacion 2003

Excerpt from Descripcion Artistica de la Catedral de Sevilla Formar la descripcion ar listica de un templo no es hacer il Cécerone, que rela ta de corrida todo lo que en él se contiene¿ con mil elo gios exagerados de los pro fesores que lo han trabaja do. Tampoco es cosa tan fá cil como piensan los que no saben ver en las belias artes, ni de tan poca impor tancia como juzgan los que las miran con desde_n, supo niendoías de ningun interes ni infiuxo en la república. Al contrario es asunto serio y difícil, que requiere cier tos conocimientos, por des gracia exoticos entre noso tros...

The remarkably prolific career of an innovative young Chilean architect is profiled in this engaging study. Born in 1965 and in professional practice since 1991, this architect's impact on his native landscape is observed mainly in a series of private houses located in some of the most sublime sites in Chile. The forceful yet austere character of his design approach and its radical relationship to surrounding landscape elements can be fully appreciated by viewing this book's fine pictorial panorama.

Having graduated from Cornell University, Richard Meier established his own architectural firm in New York City in 1963, around a group known as the "Five Architects" of New York. This book includes 70 works and projects, chronologically ordered, from his first private houses around New York, to the most recent cultural centres, museums, corporate buildings and city planning for different cities in Europe, Asia and USA. This book, abundantly illustrated and documented, offers a chronological survey, from the first houses in the Hamptons to the most recent buildings including the Getty Center...

Essays on how the author, and architect, combines his architecture practice with his passion for reading reflected in the evolution of his private library and the influence on his practice. Many examples of his use of the books in his practice. His library includes the major books in classic and contemporary architecture.